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| From | Michael Coxe <michael@audities.net> |
| Subject | Re: The Aerovons...I've heard it..have it |
| Date | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:05:25 -0700 |
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Stewart Mason wrote:
>At 11:16 PM 6/15/2003 -0700, Michael Coxe wrote:
>>Now maybe some of the records Bob S. mentioned (Wallace Collection's
>>The Sea Disappeared is certainly a CLASSIC, maybe the best song of it's
>>kind) might be extremely special, even essential, but to slag Billy
>>Nicholls in an offhand manner is a low blow. Songs like Come Again,
>>Life Is Short, Portabello Road from WOULD YOU BELIEVE & White Lightning
>>from LOVE SONGS sound to be among the better concoctions of late-60's
>>British pop.
>
>Chacun a son gout 'n' stuff, I guess. I think the song "Would You Believe"
>is absolutely magical, one of the finest pop singles of its time -- its
>only competition in the same style of UK psychedelicized soft-pop is Twice
>As Much's "Nighttime Girl" -- but with the exception of the very Kinksy
>"London Social Degree," the rest of that album leaves me kind of cold.
>Pretty enough, but nowhere near the masterpiece I'd been led to believe it
>was. Perhaps that's why I like the Aerovons record: I listened to it
>expecting very little and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
OK Stewart, we'll punch it out over headphones at 40 paces. The UK sound
studios certainly didn't have the resonance of the US counterparts, nor
in many instances the producing skills, but the songs themselves are
expertly arranged and quite well written.
But I have to say the Sundowners (USA product thru-&-thru) kill me right
now. Now if I could just acquire some details about them - where they're
from, etc. Spectropop produced their names and production credits. but
nothing else -- even googling. Their solo album was called Captain Nemo.
- michael, barely powerpop anymore....
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